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[XKCD]#3101 Good Science (lemmynsfw.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Regarding the alt text, that’s called a bureaucrat

[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity

I hope I typed that right. I couldn't copy the alt text from the source on mobile.
And I was annoyed that XKCD alt text wasn't included with the post, so I thought I would include it to the best of my ability

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

If you add "m." before XKCD like: https://m.xkcd.com/3101/ you can tap the image to display the alt text and then copy it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I appreciate it!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

XKCD alt text is always worth!
And it's not always available (like, the well known ones being circulated around social media).

Props to the OP for linking to the image from XKCD (as opposed to rehosting it) and further props for linking the source!

Just missing the delicious alt text (at least for me using jerboa, Firefox and a pixel phone)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah the alt text is always half the joke with XKCD.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

See, I thought that the most important thing was solutions of ethanol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I've never had solutions from ethanol, only problems

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

It is the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems. :-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess you'd need some proof.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How does 90 sound?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hm, that doesn't sound absolute

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not, but it has some flavor to it. But 100 is a bit much.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago

As a scientist who has seen too much "that's what the Algorithmen spit out, let's publish it", I can truly feel the comic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, this is a good one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Aww!